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| On sunday 12th august my kids (aged 5&8) & myself witnessed my neighbours staffy-cross dogs literally rip our pet cat to bits. i can honestly say it's the worst thing i've ever seen. I've had to send my 2 kids away for the week because they no longer want to stay at our home, & the doctor has put me on medication for shock. My neighbour has been complained about on numerous occasions, the last being only last tuesday 7th august, when the two dogs broke through our back fence, ran through my house & attacked another dog. It was only my quick actions that saved this other dog from a good mauling. I reported the first incident to the police & our housing association, the second incident to the police, housing association, rspca, environmental health, & no-one wants to know. My family is severely traumatised. Does any-one know what further action i can take? All i want to be able to do is have a right to live in my home peacefully. Any suggestions would be hugely appreciated Cheryl
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Hi Cheryl, we have tried to look into this for you and would encourage you to complain to the police again as really they should be the ones to deal with this. However, you could also contact your local anti-social behaviour coordinator who may be able to offer advice and support. This is the link: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/anti-social-behaviour/reporting-asb/?view=StandardWe hope this helps.
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| Have you spoken to your local CAB to see if you can bring a civil suit against the owners of the dogs? If the lawyers get involved, then everyone else will have to get into it, the Police, the Local Authority etc. In the meantime, it may be worthwhile speaking to the local Dog Warden, who you can normally reach through the council. Hope this helps, please keep us posted.
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| Just a suggestion but when similar incidents happened locally and nothing was done someone went directly to the local press first which got reactions from police, dog wardens, etc. Maybe you can try this as it also encouraged others to come forward which resulted in action being taken. Good Luck
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| Good advice from the staff . However the problem with all these co-ordinators is that they duplicate resources better deployed in more effective policing rather than in committees like these that duplicate powers which should be within the police's powers to deal with. The dog may be saved by a last minute media campaign - "awwww what a lovely little doggie, it never bit that kid, honest" but at least it will impounded and probably removed from the area where it can do most damage. Wasting time with trawling through bureaucracy surely will not solve the problem and the owners should be brought in properly for breaching the neighbourhood peace and neglecting their animal (because a well-fed or well-trained dog should never attack a human).
"People don't want a date with destiny, they just want a date with a dentist. So open wide, Volpone, and stop screaming." - Dentling Nick, yesterday
Michael Howard MP - brokenbritain@yahoo.co.uk
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